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Donaldson, Julia

The Highway Rat

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Though "The Highway Rat was a baddie," he's a comical one, seizing edibles from animals and even "his own horse's hay!" Finally, a clever duck lures the Rat into a cave with promises of sweets while his victims feast on retrieved loot. Scheffler's cartoon-style illustrations enhance the tongue-in-cheek rhyme with lively portraits of bug-eyed animals looking askance at the not-particularly-fearsome Rat.

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